The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-04-28
Lieutenant DanenhOyer Commits Suicide.

Lieut. John w. Danenhower, OF Arctic
fame was discovered at 10 O'Clock last
Wednesday 20 inst, near by his quarters
at the naval academy Anna polls NJ d., with
il bullet hole in rig ht temple. A tag tied
to his button-hoe said: Send to my broth
er at Washington. Although he had
had mental troubles since he returned from
the Arctic regions, what Immediately led
to the suicide is thought to have been the
recent grounding OF the Constellation, oil
winch he had charge, on it's way to Nor
folk, and for which it is supposed he had d
fear OF being court martialcd. Further
more he was very intimate with
young Robert w. Iatewood, OF the
naval academy, who recently committed
suicide on the steamer Carolina and whom
he saw in death 1T is supposed that this
death suggested the mode to him. His wife
is absent with her parents at Oswego, NY.
Lieut.. Dancnhower was an intelligent and
polished officer.
The news created Il sensation in the navy
department. and was a subject OF general
conversation among the officers and EN-.
ploves who recalled certain Incidents in the
past life OF the lieutenant in explanation OF
his suicide. A few days ago he WAS at Nor
folk, Va, looking after the equi pment of the
practice ship Constellation, and it is now
recalled dy officers who met him at the ma
Wy yard that he was very morose and dis
traught, and the opinion was freely ex-
pressed that he was suffering from an at
tack OF his old malady. Not the slightest
doubt is felt at the department OF his in
sanity when he took his life, as he was very
happy in all his domestic relations, and
his future prospects were of the brightest.
Lieut. Danenhower was born 81 years
ago in Illinois, and entered the naval SER
vice in 1866. lie was among the first of
the officers who volunteered to go upon the
Jeanette Arctic expedition. On July l,
1879 the Jeanette sailed from San Fran
cisco on a North Polar expedition by way
of Behring strait. The crushing OF the
Jeanette in the pack ice, the separation in
a gale of the three boats containing the
officers and crews, the starvation OF Cap
tain De Long and the boats crew, the loss
of Lieut.. Chipp's boat, and the terrible
sufferngs and final rescue OF Melville's
party, are matters OF history.
Mr.. Alexander Sullivan said in Chicago:
Lord Harrington has become a monoma-
Mae and is evidently prepared to believe
any falsek God, however preposterous, on
account OF the death OF his brother, Lord
Frederick Cavendish. | know Just rs much
and Just as little about the Phoenix Park
affair as Lord Harrington himself, and in
that respect am in precisely the same po-
stion as Mr.. Parnell, Mr. Egan, Mr.. Bren-
nan and others of the National league
whose names have been untruthfully con-
nected with it. So far as Lord Cavendish
was concerned, Mr.. Parnel perfectly ex-
pressed my views. Concerning Burke,
while was as ignorant OF the intended as
sault upon him, and us totally disconnect-
ed from it, l am not so hypocritical as to
profess any sympathy with the man.
Americans will understand this when | add
that he held in Ireland IL worse if possible)
attitude to the people than the chief fend
OF Andersonvile or Libbey held to the
prisoners in those dens. All that Wirz
was, Burke was and more. He was spy
and traitor. He visited prisoners in
the iails and under the guise OF friendship
tried to extOrt from them something that
might be twisted into evidence to convict
them. His motive was to retain his Office
in Dublin castle.
The gross public debt OF Canada, March
81, was 1910, $40, 146 net debt, 1925
500. S31; revenue from the sale of domin-
ion lands last year, homesteads and pre-
emption sales, $685. BAL; leases, $780,
61S
Mr.. Parnell has gone to Dublin to endeay-
or to silt the matter Of the letter publish
ed in the Times The Times says: We
possess several special specimens of Par
nell's signature, written about the date OF
the disputed letter, from which we are able
to parallel the peculiarities OF the sigma
ture.
Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking a t
Nottingham, Eng, said that ifthe Parnel-
lites choose to bring an action against the
London Times they need not trust an En-
gsh Jury, because they can take proceedings
against the Times in Ireland or Scotland.
He would not make himsel If party to the
accusation, but it might be necessary Tor
the house of commons, Independently OF
the Parne llites, to take action to clear it
self as body OF the grave charges made
against section OF its members.
Senator Salisbury OF Delaware has Civ
Oh up all liquor ever since his brother died
from delrium tremens.
A letter from Gautamala says: Hereto
fore the great obstacle to Central American
unification has been the Indifference OF
Nicaragua and the opposition OF Costa
Rica. President Bernardo Solo Of the lat
ter republic is now, however, a champion
OF the unification idea. By the terms OF
the new treaty a citizen Of one Central
American republic can become citizen of
the Others without naturalization, and
all natural products can pass from one
country to another without paying duty.
Fulton, Ill.,, had a $25, 900 fire, The Full
ton Foundry being among the victims.
Gen L. J. Brady, ex assistant post
master general, is seriously ill in Jersey
City, suffering from an abscess.
Charles WELLER & Sons, clothing OF Balti-
more. made an assignment. The bond Of
the trustee is 500, COG.
The late Mrs. C;ltharne Dunbar, former
owner OF the Bethesda spring at Waukesha,
Wis, had sold Bethesda to congressman
Guenther before she went to Paris to SEQ
her daughter Bstelle, WHO married Mr..
Huffer, a banker there.
II. G. Brooks, founder of the Brooks To-
connective works, died at Dunkirk, N. ", OF
paralysis.
A letter containing draft for ST5, 600
was mailed at Philadelphia by the Bank
OF North America on April Z. The bank
advertised that the draft had been lost
and payment stopp q.
The deeds for the estate of Gov. Coburn,
who recently died in Maine, were filed in
the registers office at Fargo, the consider,
alton for the personal property being S4S,-
600, while the real estate, which comprises
twenty sections Of land in this (Cass)
county is put at S12S 800. At one time
the largest owners OF land in North Dako-
ia, from which they cleared million dol
lars.
The Lake Superior Transit company is
quoting freight rates from Boston or New
York by rail and lake via Duluth or Wash.
burn, the st. Paul e Duluth OF the 9mah;,
roads, to st. Paul and Minneapolis at 90,
10, 81. ~, 33 and % cents per hundred
pounds, according TO the glass Of merehaA:
disc.
Philip Weinard Of East Minneapolis, who
has just returned from Calgary, n. w. T.,
reports considerable uneasiness among the
ranchmen Of Northern Montana. Forsome
time prior to Mr.. Weinard's departure
from Calgary parties of Canadian Blood
and Blackfoot Indians had been making
raids into Montana for the purpose OF steal
ing cattle from the Crows and Gros Ventres.
An address was presented to Archbish ol
Corrigan by committee representing fiji
ty-five German priests who signed the doc
ument They are nearly all the German
Catholic priests of the city Of New York.
The document states that the German
priests disapppove Of tho action OF Nc
Glynn In 'the Henry George revolutionary
movement" and maintains that they are
loyal and obedient to the archbishop.
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